Open AccessThe Case against Land Application of Sewage Sludge Pathogens
Author(s) -
Michael J. Reilly
Publication year - 2001
Publication title -
canadian journal of infectious diseases and medical microbiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1918-1493
pISSN - 1712-9532
DOI - 10.1155/2001/183583
Subject(s) - sewage , agriculture , sewage farm , sewage sludge , tragedy (event) , public health , environmental planning , population , water supply , sewage sludge treatment , business , environmental protection , sewage treatment , environmental engineering , waste management , environmental health , environmental science , engineering , ecology , biology , medicine , nursing , psychiatry
There is currently a public debate about whether health, agricultural and environmental authorities should continue to allow sewage sludge to be spread on farmland. Some of the concern in the debate is about the pathogen content of sewage sludge. This concern was heightened by the tragedy at Walkerton where Eschericha coli 0157:H7 and other pathogens contaminated the drinking water supply of this Ontario town. The Canadian public were reminded how vulnerable they can be to disease when agricultural practices ajoin population centres without adequate health and environmental controls
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